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CONTENTS 3 ANNOUNCING Contributors THE DISTRICT ARCHITECTURE CENTER Abby Davis (“DetailsDC”) is operations manager for AIA|DC. Like every year at this time, I’m thankful for all the peopleDavid_Hamilton

who help us get the magazine into your hands—our editor, Steven K. Dickens, AIA, LEED AP Martin Moeller, our writers Denise Liebowitz, Steven Dickens, (“Workplaces” and “Protecting Our Cultural Janet Rankin, Ronald O’Rourke, and Abby Davis, our fantastic Heritage”) is a sole proprietor whose firm is designer, Jim Hicks, our wonderful printer, Whitmore called Steve Dickens Architecture. Imaging, and our amazing sales diva, Jody Cranford. It’s Denise Liebowitz a wonderful team, and I’m so grateful for their efforts. (“Residential Reincarnation”), formerly with But we have even more to be thankful for this year. the National Capital Planning Commission, is For the past three years, the boards of AIA|DC and the a frequent contributor to ARCHITECTUREDC. Washington Architectural Foundation have been working toward moving from our sweet but cramped little townhouse in Dupont Circle to G. Martin Moeller, Jr., Assoc. AIA a more adequate facility in a central DC location. This work has now borne fruit: (“Living Lightly,” “Urban Improvements,” and I’m very excited to announce that by the time you read this, a lease will be signed “Recognizing Service”) is senior vice president for 421 7th Street, NW, in the heart of DC’s highly active Penn Quarter area, for a and curator at the National Building Museum. space that will become the new District Architecture Center (DAC). This new facility, He is the editor of ARCHITECTUREDC. only a couple of blocks from either the Gallery Place or Archives Metrorail stations, Ronald O’Rourke will include a magnificent exhibit gallery viewable from the street and donated by (“More of a Good Thing” and “Who Says Sigal Construction, plus classrooms, meeting rooms, and office and support spaces Infrastructure Can’t Be Beautiful?”) is a that will finally meet our needs. We’ll be able to use DAC for exhibits, lectures, regular contributor to ARCHITECTUREDC. films, and other events. Most particularly, DAC will offer a well-designed, inviting Janet B. Rankin space that will welcome the public to learn more about architecture. (“Learning Places”) is a director with

Welcome! Lehman Smith McLeish.

Jurors for 2010

Chapter Awards The design for DAC was chosen through a week-long competition. Seventeen ARCHITECTURE teams submitted entries, and the competition jury picked the scheme by Hickok David Graham, FAIA, LEED AP, Principal Elness Swenson Graham, Minneapolis, MN Cole Architects. Hickok Cole’s design, which is viewable at www.aiadc.com, pulls a lot of natural light into the building, and helps direct it down to the lower floor, Ralph T. Jackson, FAIA, Principal Shepley Bulfinch, Boston, MA where some of our smaller classrooms will be. We’re moving ahead with construc- tion as fast as we can, with the aim of being up and running well before 20,000 Audrey Matlock, AIA, Principal Audrey Matlock Architect, New York, NY architects descend on DC in May of 2012 for the annual AIA Convention, which will be held that year coinciding with AIA|DC’s 125th anniversary. INTERIOR ARCHITECTURE One of the things that might surprise our out-of-town guests will be the Lauren Rottet, FAIA, IIDA, Founding Principal innovative architecture that has become the hallmark of the Washington chapter. Rottet Studio, Los Angeles, CA Whether it’s a meticulously restored historic smokehouse (page 36) or an amazingly Ray Booth, Principal modern new public library building (page 16), there’s a lot more going on with DC McAlpine Booth & Ferrier, Nashville, TN

architecture than is sometimes supposed. Once DAC opens next year, we’ll be much better able to get the word out about the value of architecture and architects, HISTORIC RESOURCES and the great architectural work being done in DC. We’re really excited about DAC, David Woodcock, FAIA, Professor of Architecture/ Director of Center for Heritage Conservation and we hope you’ll be, too. Texas A&M, College Station, TX In this issue dedicated to the 2010 Chapter Award winners, Steve Dickens covers workplaces and restorations of historic structures, Janet Rankin writes about Wendy Hillis, AIA, Campus Historic Preservation Architect University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, NC places for learning, Denise Liebowitz discusses residential renovations, Martin Moeller covers new residential projects and winners of urban design citations, and Jack Pyburn, FAIA, Director of Historic Preservation Studio Ron O’Rourke writes about several additions to historic buildings and innovative Lord Aeck Sargent, Atlanta, GA

works of infrastructure. In addition, I introduce a column called “Rethinking DC,”

and Martin announces the winners of the Chapter’s awards to individuals. Correction Thanks and Happy Holidays. In the article about the US Treasury Building in the previous issue of ARCHITECTUREDC, the professional affiliation and title of Melissa Hendrix were listed Mary Fitch, AICP, Hon. AIA incorrectly. She is a full member of the AIA, and is Publisher an associate principal at Shalom Baranes Associates. mfitch@aiadc.com WELCOME 5 DETAILS

Canisters from the A di Alessi line.

“Melodic” tea strainer by Alan Chan.

Alessi by Abby Davis

The newest addition to Cady’s Alley is Alessi, which opened in October.

Partnering with Deborah Kalkstein of neighboring Contemporaria, CEOAlessio Alessi brings to his company’s newest outpost a classic and timelesstake on design. With over 2,000 products from all three Alessi lines (Alessi,A di Alessi, and Officina Alessi), design-oriented shoppers are sure to findsomething to suit their needs. For those looking for a classic, iconic Alessi piece, the company carriesproducts from its inception in the 1940s. As Alessi points out, these objectsare “eco-friendly” because they last a lifetime and never go out of style.Why not start with the Bombé tea-and-coffee set designed by Carlo Alessi? While keeping the company’s heritage in mind, Alessi is also expandingconstantly, working with over 200 designers to create an international“encyclopedia” of design. One of the newest objects comes from acollaboration with Chinese architect and tea aficionado Alan Chan, withhis whimsical take on a tea strainer inspired by the teatime traditions ofold-fashioned Chinese high society. Finally, for budding collectors and those on a tight budget, there is theyounger, contemporary A di Alessi line. Products made from colorful plasticand stainless steel begin as low as $20, yet bring the same quality and designvalue expected from the Alessi name. Look for tea products resulting froma collaboration with the Museum of Taiwan. Kalkstein also points out thatmany of the Alessi products come in miniature versions for those who wantto test the waters first.

piece” is how the awards jury described the Jones Day law firmexpansion into the Richard Rogers-designed building at 300 NewJersey Avenue, NW. This new office block replaced an above-groundparking garage serving the adjacent, historic Acacia Building, towhich Jones Day moved in 1999. Lehman Smith McLeish (LSM) Open office workstations at Jones Day. Photo by Mario Carrieridesigned the firm’s offices in the Acacia Building, using a materialvocabulary of cherry and white marble in an updated-traditional material vocabulary as the Acacia offices, but in a completely modernstyle, keeping with the historic character of the building. At the style suited to the sleek steel-and-glass building. LSM workedtime, the rear of the building faced the parking garage across a closely with Rogers’ firm, Rogers Stirk Harbour + Partners, on theservice courtyard. The new office block at 300 New Jersey Avenue design of the atrium in general and the “tree” in particular, totransformed this service courtyard into an irregularly shaped atrium serve Jones Day’s needs. The atrium is a vital programmatic areaspace between the buildings, with a colorful, steel “tree” as the of the law firm’s lease, used as an “active hub” connecting the newfocal point. The “tree” contains stairs, elevator stops, and sloping and pre-existing office and conference areas. It houses a new maincatwalks that connect the Acacia Building and the new structure, entrance and reception area, an expansion of the firm’s diningbridging the difference between floor levels. facilities, the bridges connecting Jones Day’s floors, and a direct Jones Day pre-leased several floors of the new building prior elevator to the penthouse Multi-purpose Room and adjacent roofto construction, hiring LSM for the build-out, which uses the same deck, which were renovated as part of the recent work.

with the users, who were moving from a larger, but

poorly arranged space. As a result, the new smallerspace works better for the research tasks. Productivitymay also be increased due to much better indoorair quality, while controlling chemical agent- andequipment-related fumes, heat, and noise.

RTKL Associates Inc.

In the 1960s, the landmark Church of the Covenant, at the

southeast corner of 18th and N Streets, NW, facing a smalltriangular park created by the diagonal of ConnecticutAvenue, was demolished and replaced by a large, boxy,eight-story office building. By the 2000s, the officebuilding itself was a relic of a previous era in terms ofenergy use and other environmental concerns, and interms of its fit into the neighborhood. A 2007 gutrenovation by RTKL Associates, in which only theconcrete frame structure was retained, remedied bothof these deficiencies beautifully. Of particular concern to the architects was the 240-foot-long façade on N Street, where most of the historiccontext of three- and four-story row houses has beenpreserved. The 1960s building had a façade withoutvariation, but RTKL introduced projecting bay windowsand recessed notches, with a setback at the sixth floor,picking up on the rhythm and variety of the row houses.At the corner, the memory of the long-gone church’smonumental 150-foot-tall campanile, is, in the architects’words, “honored” by a glass “tower” element, whichextends 20 feet above the main roofline and is expressedwith more vertical mullions than the rest of the façade. Behind the curtain wall of the tower is a roof deckfor tenants’ use. The remainder of the roof is a vegetated(“green”) roof, with swaths of differently-colored sedumscreating a swirling patchwork pattern. The completedrenovation received a LEED Platinum certificate from theU.S. Green Building Council—the highest level possible.

Aerial view of 1225 Connecticut Avenue. Photo supplied by RTKL The building before renovation. Photo supplied by RTKL

Having opened only a few months ago, the Watha T. Daniel/Shaw Library hasalready established its place in the city, not only as a vibrant community hub,but also as a distinctive architectural statement. Designed by Davis BrodyBond Aedas, the building is a sleek, functional, and welcoming amenity for aneighborhood in transition. Although its urban site covers less than 10,000 square feet, the library assertsa strong presence. Fronting Rhode Island Avenue, the building’s most strikingfeature is a corrugated, perforated aluminum screen set in front of the mainstructure, which is triangular in plan. The screen reduces solar heat gain whileprotecting the library’s collection from harmful exposure to the sun’s rays. Atthe same time, the perforations in the screen allow ample light to permeate interiorspaces during the day. At night, the screen delicately filters the light emanatingfrom inside the library, turning the structure into a kind of civic lantern. Like many of the library’s design features, the screen can be tied to the Rhode Island Avenue façade of the Watha T. Daniel/Shaw Library.goal of sustainability, since it reduces air-conditioning loads as well as theneed for electric illumination. Expected to achieve LEED Silver certification, Reading area.the design incorporates a green roof, which will absorb and slowly releasewater into the city's overtaxed sewer system, filter pollutants, and providesubstantial insulation, thus reducing heating and cooling costs. On the interior, exposed structural members emphasize light, open spaces.The neutral-colored building envelope, shelving, and tables are punctuatedby colorful wall planes and furniture and wood doors, often composed ofrecycled materials. Programmed through five interactive community meetings, the librarysupports diverse and simultaneous activities for users of all ages and back-grounds. In addition to dedicated spaces for collections and separate readingareas for adults, young adults, and children, the library contains a 100-personmulti-purpose room, two small conference rooms, and individual studyrooms to allow for collaborative work in a non-disruptive setting. Photos by 16 LEARNING PLACES Paúl Rivera/archphotoMain gathering space of the Conference Center, with retention pond in the foreground. Photo by Visko Hatfield

Merit Award in Architecture Center with classrooms arranged around a central volume, and an amphitheater accommodating 250 people.Lockheed Martin Center An existing water feature—now used as a retention pond—located between the headquarters and the CLE isfor Leadership Excellence the foreground for the façade of the centrally-locatedBethesda, Maryland conference pavilion. Here, a 100-foot-long opening within a 265-foot-long granite-clad wall reveals the shimmeringLeo A Daly Company glass curtain wall of the Conference Center’s principalArchitectural Team: Alan J. Feltoon, AIA, AICP, vice gathering space. From a distance, the pavilion appears topresident, managing principal; Ray Ruhlman, AIA, vice float on the surface of the water, while the layering of planespresident, senior project manager; Timothy J. Duffy, AIA, on the façade lends visual depth to the building itself.CSI, LEED AP, vice president, senior architect; Fung Or, Lockheed Martin’s goals for the center includedsenior associate, senior CAD/BIM manager energy efficiency and reductions in waste generation andContractor: The Whiting-Turner Company water usage. The project’s sustainabilty metrics areCivil Engineers: Macris, Hendricks & Glascock, PA impressive: low-flow plumbing reduces water use byLandscape Architects: Oehme, van Sweden & Associates 43%; 23% of construction products were recycled materi-Other Consultants: Miller, Beam & Paganelli; Network als; 100% of the paints, sealants, and adhesives used wereTechnologies, Inc.; Cini-Little International, Inc.; Rolf Jensen low in emissions of volatile organic compounds; reflec-& Associates; Lerch Bates North America, Inc.; tive roofing reduces heat gain; and efficient light bulbsConstruction Specifications, Inc.; DSS Chesapeake; reduce energy consumption. The architects report thatGleeds; Kroll-Schiff these measures have reduced the CLE’s carbon output by over 318 metric tons per year.Lockheed Martin’s Center for Leadership Excellence Conference facility at the Lockheed Martin Center(CLE) was developed to provide a venue for training, for Leadership Excellence.business meetings, and conferences that build skills,strengthen values, and enhance trust and networkingamong leaders throughout the corporation. Designed bythe Leo A Daly Company and opened in 2009, the CLE ispart of the company’s main headquarters complex inBethesda, Maryland. The three interconnected program elements of this300,000-square-foot complex—lodging, conference/classroom center, and auditorium—are individuallyarticulated: an eight-story hotel with 200 rooms and acentral full-service restaurant, a two-story Conference Photo by Visko Hatfield

The preeminent photographer Ansel Adams was known

for his dedication to the natural environment, so it is fittingthat Adams should have selected 75 of his photographsto donate to the Wilderness Society, the leading Americanconservation organization working to protect the nation’spublic lands. A renovation of the society’s Washingtonheadquarters afforded an opportunity to create a specialgallery in which to display these treasured images. The crisp white space, designed by Group GoetzArchitects, is a fitting home for this body of work. A centerspine divides the gallery, contrasting a high-ceilingedspace with natural light and views to the exterior plaza—evoking the rolling landscape found in many of Adam’simages—with a narrower, intimate gallery for moredetailed photographs. Irregularly-shaped vertical slotsconnect the two galleries, offering framed glimpses of theartwork and exterior landscape. The spine wall disappearsinto a slot at the ceiling, creating an illusion of movementand height. As the mission of the society is to preserve the naturalenvironment, incorporation of locally-produced andrecycled materials, integrated lighting control systems,and energy-efficient HVAC design were only a few of themany sustainable measures employed in the design andconstruction processes. Slots between principal spaces in the Ansel Adams Gallery. Photo by Max Kun Zhang

Award for Excellence in Historic Resources for his daughters in 1911. Recently purchased by a young couple with three children, the house with its formal floorHollerith House plan, inadequate kitchen, and lack of easy access to theWashington, DC garden needed a major redesign for modern family life. Architect David Jones reconfigured the main floor,David Jones Architects keeping the public rooms at the front of the house and the family living spaces to the rear overlooking the largeArchitectural Team: David Jones, principal; Kevin yard. An unheated greenhouse was removed to makePruiett, senior associate; Kelly Moore, architect; Walter way for a light-filled conservatory structure to house theBoer, designer; Erica Pentilla, assistant eat-in kitchen. A new bay expanded the former kitchenContractor: Mauck Zantzinger & Associates area to create a family room, and a below-grade serviceStructural Engineers: Ehlert/Bryan, Inc. area was redesigned to allow direct access from the houseLandscape Architects: Graham Landscape Architecture to the garden and new outdoor terrace. On the floorInterior Designers: JDS Designs above, the master bedroom suite was moved from the front of the house to the rear and boasts a small balconyHerman Hollerith was a statistician who developed the with views over the garden. The hall stairway waspunch card tabulating system and founded the company relocated to provide easy access to the new kitchen andthat was to become IBM. He built this elegant Georgian the side driveway.mansion on a corner of his large Georgetown property During the three-year renovation, the exterior of the house was restored with changes made only to the rear. All changes were approved by the Foundation for the Preservation of Historic Georgetown and the Old Georgetown Board of the US Commission of Fine Arts. Rear of the house before renovation.

Rear façade of the house Photo by Gordon Beall Photo courtesy of David Jones Architectsfollowing renovation. RESIDENTIAL REINCARNATION 21 Front.

Merit Award in Architecture controls ventilation and allows natural light to flood the first-floor public area. The reconfigured second floor contains two bedroomRincon|Bates House suites connected by a dramatic glass-and-steel bridge that overlooksWashington, DC the dining area below. The bathrooms are sleek and functional with custom-fitted cabinetry. On the first floor, the public spacesStudio27 Architecture flow cleanly from the living to dining and kitchen areas leading to a rear deck and garden. The transition from the living to diningArchitectural Team: John K. Burke, AIA, principal, space is punctuated by a burst of dramatic color and a ventless,project manager; Chris DeHenzel; Hans Kuhn table-top fireplace.Contractor: Stalheber Construction Bamboo floors, cabinetry constructed of engineered woodStructural Engineers: Ehlert/Bryan, Inc. products that don’t use old growth trees, and outdoor decking fabricated from reclaimed wood and plastic, are just a few of theThis standard-issue 1906 Capitol Hill row house was “very sustainable materials employed throughout the house. Energycompartmentalized” and unsuited to a contemporary lifestyle, and water consumption is minimized with low-flow plumbingaccording to Hans Kuhn of Studio27 Architecture. The new fixtures, a water-heating system that includes a south-facing, high-owners wanted a total remodeling that was sensitive to the performance solar panel, and the generous skylight that reducesproject’s ecological impact and resulted in free-flowing interior lighting, heating, and cooling costs. All these features along with newspaces. To bring more light and air into the house, the design team low-emissivity glass windows and doors and bio-based insulationeliminated the middle bedroom on the second floor to carve a void demonstrate the clients’ commitment to a sustainable urban lifestyle.over the downstairs dining space. A large, operable skylight

The eclectic interests and offbeat personality of the client are on

display throughout this original renovation project that includes a Photo by Reader & Swartz Architects, PC, Winchester, VAsmall addition. The late 19th-century vernacular Victorian house,which is located in a downtown historic district, was previously Exterior of the house,divided into four apartments and is now converted into two—an with addition at left.apartment for the gardener occupies a portion of the first floor.This building, along with an adjacent house also owned by theclient, encloses a carefully landscaped courtyard garden. The owner, a retired pathologist, wanted suitable spaces todisplay his collections of art, scientific equipment, and rare books.Chuck Swartz, AIA LEED AP, of Reader & Swartz Architects,responded with the insertion of a second-floor library, a redesignof the courtyard porches, and extensive interior renovations. Theproject, both inside and out, juxtaposes existing elements of theoriginal house, meticulous renovations, and bold, moderninsertions. With a barrel-vaulted main living room, kitchen,bath, bedroom, and two libraries, the home functions both asa salon and private museum. To accommodate an ever-changing display of specimensand artifacts, Swartz designed a Wundercamera, an adjustablewooden apparatus that extends the full length of the main salon.A windowless library has a secret access from the salon and a newspiral staircase constructed over an old glass-topped cistern showcasesa dramatic two-story light sculpture crafted by the homeowner. On the exterior, the street façade was left unchanged, butfacing the alley, the new library insertion is clad in a lap sidingcomposition inspired by the work of minimalist artist Sol LeWitt.Another LeWitt element is on the roof in the form of a cut-steelpyramid that conceals the air-handling equipment. The home-owner considers it a “secular steeple” that proudly takes its placeamong the surrounding neighborhood churches. Photo by Reader & Swartz Architects, PC, Winchester, VA

Robert M. Gurney, FAIA,

Living area with art collection on view.

This late 19th-century Second Empire Georgetown row into a large gallery. The consistent, dark-stained oakhouse had plenty of architectural character and detail, floors help unify the two spaces.but its mechanical, electrical, and plumbing infrastructure The new steel-and-glass stairway leads to a spaciouswas showing its age, and an awkward addition at the master bedroom suite on the second floor and two morerear of the house did not make for easy movement into bedrooms and luxurious baths on the floor above. In thethe ample yard. The clients loved the high ceilings, basement, the floor was lowered to give more ceilinggenerous size of the rooms, and traditional mantels and height, and the space reconfigured to provide light andmoldings, but they wanted updated amenities and space airy living spaces that open to the garden.for their expanding collection of modern art. Throughout the project, the juxtaposition of traditional Architect Robert Gurney, FAIA, gutted and recon- and contemporary, solid and transparent, and detailedfigured the house, preserving traditional millwork and and minimal results in a livable home where art can takeintroducing contemporary elements. The previous rear center stage.addition was replaced with a new steel-and-glass one thathouses a sleek kitchen and dining space. Large doors open The Residence e2 won a Washingtonian Residential Designto a deck and broad steps down to the garden. At the Award in 2009, and was profiled in the Summer 2009 issuefront of the house, Gurney relocated the center stairway of ARCHITECTUREDC.to the side, thus allowing the living room to flow directly

Merit Award in Architecture

On first impression, the name of the Allée House may seem to be

ironic, evoking as it does opulent French estates or antebellum Porch, with allée of oaks Photo by Julia Heine/McInturff ArchitectsAmerican plantations. The house is, to be sure, approached via an in the background.allée of oak trees, which, by virtue of their regular rhythm, assumean architectural quality, with the trunks like so many columns the allée and perched atop a dark, one-story base and thin columnssupporting a “roof” composed of branches, leaves, and sky. Yet at that almost disappear from view. From many perspectives, thethe end of that dignified, tree-lined lane, where one might expect metal-covered tube, which houses the main living spaces, appearsto glimpse a garden temple or a grand manor, one sees only a few to hover off the ground. The main body of the house “sidesteps”metallic slivers that frame the continuation of the vista. the axis of the allée—only a carport and outdoor terrace intrude In a reversal of the usual progression, the allée in this case into the swath defined by the rows of trees.pre-dated the house that is its namesake. The owners, who bought On further consideration, the visitor to the Allée House mightthe property two decades ago, initially occupied a prefabricated conclude that the name is apt, in that the allée came first, and thehouse that was already on site and planted the rows of oaks in structure was deliberately designed to be secondary to that featureanticipation of building a new house later. When that time came, of the property. The awards jury found the project “poetic” in itsthey hired Mark McInturff, FAIA, whose design solution was deference to the site and in the way in which it choreographed theunorthodox. Rejecting symmetry and formality, he designed the experience of the landscape. “The porch ends the allée,” theyhouse as a light-colored rectangular tube, placed perpendicular to noted, “and creates a gateway to the beyond.”

Awards Recognize Four Projects

Adding to a historic structure is a tricky business. It’s often said Award for Excellence in Historic Resourcesthat the addition should be compatible with the historic building.But what does that mean? To what degree should an addition US Capitol Visitor Centerblend in with the design of the existing structure? Should it adopt Washington, DCa different and even contrasting—but somehow complementary—design aethestic, so as to distinguish itself from the historic building RTKL Associates Inc.and thereby preserve the integrity of the latter? Should the Architectural Team: Rod Henderer; Harold Adams; Mikeaddition be joined to the older building, or stand separate from McQueen; Tim Hutcheson; Kirill Pivovarov; Janice Adams; Nealit? Architects, historic preservation boards, and citizens debate Hudson; Dianne Phelan; Richard Storck; Kristen Vican; Steve Buck;these questions endlessly. Among this year’s winners are four Bayard Whitmore; Aimee Woodall; Dennis Peltz; Matt Loeffler;projects that the jury believed successfully navigated this Daren Vicancommon yet difficult challenge. Primary Contractors: Balfour Beatty, Manhattan Construction Consultants: James Posey, MEP Joint Venture; Auerbach•Pollock •Friedlander; Brandston Partnership, Inc.; Cerami & Associates, Inc.; Sasaki; Hughes Associates, Inc.; Ralph Appelbaum Associates, Inc.; John A. Van Deusen & Associates; Weidlinger Associates, Inc.; Hanscomb Associates, Inc.

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Images of the Capitol building are used so frequently as a visual The two entry ramps leading into the center are sheathed onshorthand for the U.S. government that it’s easy to believe the their sides in dark stone so as to defer visually to the lighter-coloredbuilding has always looked the way it does now. In fact, the Capitol Capitol, and conform in plan to two elliptical footpaths fromis the product of numerous additions and alterations that began Olmsted’s design for the East Front grounds. Emancipation Hallnot long after its initial completion in 1829, including the addition is grandly scaled, with a high ceiling and buff-colored stone walls,of the House and Senate wings and construction of a larger dome and features statues from the National Statuary Hall Collection,in the 1850s and ’60s, the addition of the west terrace in the 1880s relieving some of the sculptural congestion in the Capitol itself andand ’90s, the bumping out of the East Front in 1958-62, and the helping to integrate the Visitor Center artistically to the Capitol. Tworenovation and infill of the west terrace in 1993. On the outside, skylights in the hall’s ceiling frame dramatic upward views of thelittle of the Capitol that we see today, particularly when viewed Capitol dome. RTKL says the design “is an expression of our time—from the East, is original. Meanwhile, the Capitol grounds have modern simplicity with a timeless, enduring architectural expression.”similarly undergone a series of makeovers, most notably Frederick “The master plan for the site called for the Visitor Center to beLaw Olmsted’s design implemented in the 1870s and ’80s. located almost entirely underground so that the building itself This was the complicated history that RTKL Associates does not detract from the appearance of the Capitol,” RTKL says.inherited when designing the new Capitol Visitor Center, located The goal of the project, the firm says, “was to provide a major newunder the East Plaza. The 580,000-square-foot project—whose cost entry to the Capitol while maintaining, and in some cases restoring,generated political controversy in an era of growing scrutiny of the original park-like plan. . . keeping the spirit and character ofgovernment spending—includes a large, central assembly space the original [Olmsted] landscape design for the Capitol intact forcalled Emancipation Hall that is used for organizing tour groups, future generations.”as well as orientation theaters, an auditorium, meeting rooms,exhibition space, gift shops, and a cafeteria.

American Pharmacists Association headquarters, with the original building in the

front and addition by Hartman-Cox in the background.

Interior of the American Pharmacists

Association headquarters.Award for Excellence in Historic Resources/ At the other end of the Mall from the Capitol, close to the LincolnPresidential Citation for Sustainable Design and the Vietnam Veterans Memorials, Hartman-Cox Architects designed an addition to the American Pharmacists AssociationAmerican Pharmacists Association headquarters. Although the addition is more than 20 times theHeadquarters size of the original 1934 building—a John Russell Pope-designedWashington, DC structure that is listed on the National Register of Historic Places— the addition was carefully shaped and detailed so as not toHartman-Cox Architects, LLP overwhelm the older building, which underwent an extensive restoration process as part of the project. Together, the old and new buildings create a complex that is similar to the neighboringArchitectural Team: Graham Davidson, FAIA, partner-in-charge; National Academy of Sciences building in terms of scale andScott Teixeira, AIA, LEED AP, project manager; Carl Holden, AIA; setbacks from surrounding streets. The project has received LEEDErin Cox; Jeremy Sharp Gold certification for sustainability.Interior Designers for Tenant: Lehman Smith McLeish “The façade of the addition extends symmetrically to eitherContractor: Tishman Construction side of, and rises above, the existing building to create a backgroundConsultants: Wiles Mensch Corporation; Urban Trees + Soils; fabric for the historic structure and the context of ConstitutionThornton Tomasetti Group, LLC; TOLK, Inc.; Coventry Lighting; ECS, Avenue,” Hartman-Cox says. “Immediately to the north of theLimited; Applied Research Associates

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existing building is a one-story link that continues the cornice line,height, and detailing of the existing building. This part of thebuilding visually separates the rear of the addition, which is taller,from the historic structure. Setting back more than 40 feet from thehighest block of the Pope building, a five-story part of the additioncreates the primary backdrop for the original building and screensthe upper story. This massing also aligns the height of the buildingwith the other buildings fronting on the south side of C Street.” “The use of the pilaster and vertical opening motif for thesouth façade makes the addition part of the Washington, DC,Federal urban fabric,” the firm says. The addition, though, “alsohad to become part of the identity of the American PharmacistsAssociation. The detailing of the addition continues many of thedetails, motifs, and massing concepts of the original building.”

The School Without Walls, with addition at left. Photo by Joseph Romeo

Merit Award in Historic Resources/ The new, L-shaped wing more than doubles the school’s squarePresidential Citation for Sustainable Design footage. “The intimate, non-institutional character and inviting daylit interior of the historic 19th-century Grant School Building—a localSchool Without Walls landmark [that is] also listed on the National Register of Historic Places—are echoed in the design of the 21st-century addition,”Senior High School EEK says. “Combined, these two buildings create a collegiateWashington, DC ambiance, provide technology-rich learning environments, encourage formal and informal interaction, foster a subtle sense of security,Ehrenkrantz Eckstut and encourage a strong learning community.”& Kuhn Architects “Because the addition provided the resources both large (mediaArchitectural Team: Sean O’Donnell, AIA, LEED AP, principal- center, art and science labs) and small (bathrooms and elevator) thatin-charge; Matthew J. Bell, AIA, design principal; William Griffin, the 1882 building could not, easily or cost effectively, the additionAIA, LEED AP, architect; Stephen Penhoet, AIA, CSI, LEED AP, LEED enabled the Grant School Building to return to its original plancoordinator; Sharif Attia; Abbie Cronin; Leonardo Varone; Jimmy Finn and once again become a great classroom building,” the firm adds.Contractor: Turner Construction “The design retained the volume and character of the existingStructural Engineers: ReStl Designers, Inc. classrooms and center halls while integrating modern systems.”Civil Engineers: CC Johnson & Malhotra PC “Even on this infill site,” EEK says, “the design emphasizesOther Consultants: Shen Milsom Wilke; Sustainable access to natural light through restored and expansive newDesign Consulting windows and linear skylights. Within the historic building, among the greatest challenges and accomplishments wereThis project by Ehrenkrantz Eckstut & Kuhn Architects (EEK) is enhancing acoustics and thermal performance while meetinglocated at 2130 G Street, NW, among the buildings of George and restoring the integrity of the building’s wood wainscot,Washington University. It involved the renovation of and addition hardwood flooring, and wood batten ceilings.”to the Grant School Building, a badly deteriorated structure used “With its bluestone entry plaza, bay window and a distinctiveby the School Without Walls Senior High School that was originally roofline,” the firm says, “the addition respects the historicbuilt in 1882 as an elementary school. building, creates a civic presence, and echoes the surrounding historic architecture.”

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Eastern Market after the fire.

Protecting Our Courtesy of Quinn Evans Architects

Cultural Heritage by Steven K. Dickens, AIA, LEED AP

Award for Excellence in Historic Resources himself promised a reopening within two years, an ambitious deadline that was met.Eastern Market Rehabilitation The project brings the building into the present while restoringWashington, DC its historic glory. The architects provided critical elements that, when lacking, can distract from the beauty and integrity of theQuinn Evans Architects architecture, such as wheelchair accessibility, modern utility and fire- suppression infrastructure, air conditioning, and adequate restroomArchitectural Team: Larry Barr, AIA; Michael Quinn; Baird M. facilities. At the same time, they re-created lost architectural elements,Smith, AIA; Tina Roach, AIA, LEED AP; Thomas Jester; Purvi Gandhi including the skylight, chimneys, and decorative exterior details.Irwin & Michael Hill, AIA Merging the past and present are the windows, which are modernContractor: Minkoff Company, Inc. replicas, but with high-performance glazing; the steel roof trusses,Structural Engineers: Robert Silman Associates PLLC half of which are new (and carry all the weight) and half original;MEP Engineers: Grotheer & Company and interior wall surfaces with finish plaster that replicates theCivil Engineers: Delon Hampton & Associates, Chartered original paint color, but is installed over new rigid insulation.Other Consultants: George Sexton Associates; Nyikos In their award competition entry, the architects included aAssociates, Inc.; Management Alternatives, Inc. “Sustainable Design Statement” indicating substantial gains in energy efficiency, stormwater control, and indoor environmentalEastern Market, the beloved Capitol Hill landmark, does not fit the quality. The re-created skylight/roof vent and new operablestereotype of the grand building forgotten by time and degraded windows, for example, allow for ventilation that offsets some 10%in use. Quite the opposite: the structure’s biggest problem a few of the air conditioning load, while reducing the need for electricyears ago was simply that it was so heavily used, no one could lighting. Previously, the heat from the vendors’ refrigerationimagine closing it down long enough to make what everyone dissipated into the space; now it is gathered and expelled to theagreed were badly needed upgrades. outside. A central energy management system provides real-time All that changed in the spring of 2007 when a fire devastated reports, allowing building engineers to make adjustments tothe building. The firm of Quinn Evans Architects was called optimize performance.upon to renew and restore the facility, and quickly—the mayor

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Award for Excellence in Historic Resources

Shalom Baranes Associates, PC;

John Milner Associates, Inc.Architectural Team (Baranes): Shalom Baranes, FAIA; GeraldTritschler, AIA, project manager; Douglas Graham, project architect Metropolitan Washington Airports Authority Archiveand historic preservation; Claudia RussellArchitectural Team (Milner): John K. Mott, FAIA; Alfonso techniques to draw on. The team ultimately developed an arrayNarvaez, lead materials conservator; Lane Burrit, conservator; of site-specific techniques for everything from paint removal toAmanda Didden concrete surface patching, from re-creation of mosaics to replacementOwner’s Representatives: Parsons Management Consultants of corroded steel reinforcement bars, from security upgrades toContractors: Monarc Construction; Grunley Construction hazardous material abatement.Company, Inc. For paint removal, multiple sample areas were tested withConsultants: Syska & Hennessy Group; ReStl Designers, Inc.; different chemical strippers (all environmentally-friendly), allowedWeidlinger Associates; A. Morton Thomas Associates; Heller & to set for varying amounts of time, and followed by micro-abrasionMetzger; Robinson Associates of varying pressures, grits, and durations. The restoration team investigated and implemented ideal combinations for concretePrior to the construction of the new Terminal B-C, with its surfaces and steel windows frames, so as to maintain the original“Jeffersonian domes” and textbook Metro connections, the original surface appearance as closely as possible.1940s terminal at Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport A largely invisible problem in older concrete structures iswas buried in the encrustations that accrued during nearly 60 corrosion of the steel reinforcing bars due to a natural buildup ofyears of operations and riddled with the failing results of multiple chlorides in the concrete. At the National Airport restoration project,quick fixes. Shalom Baranes Associates was tasked to restore the this was dealt with via “re-alkanization,” an electrical processbuilding to its original appearance, a blend of Streamline Moderne previously used for highway structures such as bridges. An electricaland stripped Classicism, removing the myriad additions and field is introduced into the reinforcing steel, causing the chlorideremedying underlying material performance deficiencies. ions to migrate away from the concrete to an external node. In the original National Airport, not only is the internal A final phase of work involving restoration of the airsidestructure reinforced concrete, but so is almost the entire building window wall of the Main Waiting Room will complete the project.exterior, including wall surfaces, ornamental eagles, and patterned But for now, in the words of the jury, “very high level, innovativefloors and ceilings. Reinforced concrete is a modern material, and solutions have re-created the original design intent,” withaccordingly the restoration team had relatively few tried-and-true convincing results.

Photo by Eric Taylor for the Metropolitan Washington Airports Authority

The Smoke House is a 16-foot-square structure—one of

Woodlawn Plantation, with the Smoke House visible at left. Photo by Michael Venturatwo symmetrical pavilions that extend the composition ofhistoric Woodlawn estate, whose history features a lot of“boldface” names. The land was originally part of GeorgeWashington’s Mount Vernon estate, given as a weddingpresent to his nephew, who was marrying a Custis. Thearchitect for the late-Georgian style mansion, built in1803, was Dr. William Thornton, the first architect of theU.S. Capitol. Guests included a who’s-who of earlyAmerica, including the Marquis de Lafayette. Eventuallythe Mellon Foundation came to own the estate, and in1951 gave it to the National Trust for Historic Preservation.The trust undertook extensive repairs and opened thehouse to public tours, the first of many such house-museum properties the organization has acquired. The Smoke House, although not large, requiredexacting restoration to the highest standards—after all,Davis Buckley Architects and Planners had a highlydemanding client! Dual priorities were retention ofexisting fabric, where possible, and “doing it right,” sothat future work will entail only maintenance, notcomplete renovation. Accordingly, deteriorated roof framing wasmaintained, but reinforced by new, hidden steel. Existingwood trim was retained, with rotted-away areas replacedby wood and epoxy fillers. Original brick was repointedwith lime mortar to match the composition of the original—all traces of a Portland-cement mortar from a previousrepointing were removed, not only because they weren’toriginal, but also because Portland cement mortar actuallybonds the bricks too tightly, which can lead to damage. The architect’s submittal for the awards programincluded reduced-scale presentation of the entire contractdocument set. This wouldn’t work for most projects—few projects have only four sheets of contract drawings—but in this case it effectively conveyed how vast amountsof analysis and consideration were distilled to create adeceptively simple-looking restoration. Interior of the restored Smoke House. Photo by Michael Ventura

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The building before renovation.

Photo supplied by RTKL

Presidential Citation for Urban Design building, which entailed replacement of the principal façades and mechanical infrastructure. “The existing1724 California Street, NW shell building was introverted with a singular entranceWashington, DC point,” noted the architects, who converted the long, Florida Avenue façade into a series of bays with multipleRTKL Associates Inc. entrances appropriate for small-scale retail uses. A sepa- rate entrance on California Street leads to the upper level,Architectural Team: Marcus W. Fairbrother; Antonio which is now occupied by a fitness club.A. D’Agostino; Danny Adams; Stan Whatley The original building had a strongly expressedContractor: NCB Construction concrete frame, which is still evident, though opaqueStructural Engineers: Tadjer-Cohen-Edelson Associates infill panels have been replaced with a lively compositionMEP Engineers: Mendoza Ribas Farinas & Associates of glass-and-metal-clad bays plus slender, horizontalCivil Engineers: KEA, LLC canopies that add further depth to the façade. The southern apex of the triangular structure is marked by a pylonNear the intersection of Florida Avenue and 18th Street, with a lantern that is lit at night. Coupled with theNW, at a point where the neighborhoods of Adams- steeply sloping turret on the row house at the oppositeMorgan, Dupont Circle, and the U Street Corridor come corner of Florida Avenue and U Street, the pylon formstogether, a building that was once a derelict eyesore has something of a gateway to the neighborhood immediatelybeen turned into a vibrant link between these adjacent areas. to the north. Formerly the home of the Kilimanjaro Club, a fabled In selecting the project for an urban design citation,but troubled nightlife venue, the building at 1724 AIA|DC President Steven L. Spurlock, AIA, LEED AP,California Street sat abandoned for well over a decade noted that “All of the businesses [in the renovated building]after the club closed. The owner hired RTKL Associates are doing very well.”to oversee a “repositioning” of the 25,000-square-foot

Occupying a busy corner along Martin Luther KingBoulevard in Washington’s Anacostia neighborhood, A prominent stair tower marks the main entrance, while thethe new Salvation Army center by SmithGroup day care center has a separate entrance on the relativelyaccommodates a complex array of functions, including quiet side street. The retail incubator spaces have largestreet-level spaces for incubating retail businesses, windows and glass doors right along the sidewalk. Theclassrooms for adult workforce training and after-school chapel, located at the main corner on upper levels, isyouth programs, day care facilities, community meeting marked by a cross that is simultaneously dramatic (withspace, a fitness center, and a chapel. Given the small lot its glowing glass vertical element) and subtle (with itssize and the abrupt slope of the site up from the main arms expressed simply by means of projecting I-beams).street, the architects had their hands full simply to While creating a needed anchor in its immediatesqueeze all of the programmatic elements into a coherent context, the building, which is on relatively high ground,design. Yet they managed to go beyond that, creating a also plays a broader urban design role, taking advantage offacility that promises to be both an architectural beacon “reciprocal views” to and from other parts of the city. It is aand a valuable resource for the long-disadvantaged landmark visible from the bridge that carries substantialneighborhood it serves. traffic to this area from the city center, while its roof deck The architects used contrasting materials and layered affords stunning views back to the city’s monuments thatfaçade elements in order to express, in an abstract way, can often seem distant from a neighborhood in whichthe project’s “multiple and complex interior functions.” prosperity and security have long been elusive.

URBAN IMPROVEMENTS 39 Who Says Infrastructure Can’t Be Beautiful? Applying Good Design to Transit and Power Buildings by Ronald O’Rourke

Infrastructure is something we don’t think about much on building (1914) by Graham, Burnham & Co., the futuristic,a day-to-day basis. That’s understandable, considering glass-clad BTC creates an intense architectural dialoguethat some elements (underground pipes and cables) are between neighboring buildings, encapsulating thehidden from view, while others (roads, railways, and tremendous change that has occurred in public architectureoverhead power lines) are so ubiquitous that they become over the last century.visual wallpaper. But infrastructure also includes structures, Although differing dramatically from its neighbors,such as train stations and bridges, which frequently rank the BTC’s curving profile can be read as a reference to theamong a city’s most visible and beautiful built elements. vaulted ceilings of Burnham’s train station or those of theThis year’s Chapter Award winners included two Metrorail station almost directly underneath. The BTC’ssuch projects. sleek form also simultaneously evokes a bicyclist’s streamlined helmet, the rim of a bicycle tire, or the idea ofMerit Award in Architecture/Presidential speedy travel by any means. On a more practical level,Citation for Sustainable Design the low profile of the structure—along with its careful siting—helps to minimize the obstruction of vistas to andBicycle Transit Center from Union Station.at Union Station The 1,750-square-foot facility provides interior parkingWashington, DC for 150 bicycles (plus exterior parking for 40 more), a changing room, a locker storage area, a small retail space,KGP Design Studio, LLC and a general storage area. In addition to its award for architecture, the project received a citation for sustainableArchitectural Team: Donald C. Paine, Jr., designer; design, reflecting both its purpose in promoting bicycle useBasil Lioanag; Frank Nelson; Laura Jeffords; Luciana and its incorporation of several sustainable technologies,Varkulja; Renita Palisoc; Christian Karner; Bill Gallagher, AIA including a hybrid natural and mechanical venting systemContractor: Grunley Walsh US, LLC and double-glazed, low-emission (low-e) and ceramicContributing Firms: Waltek; GPR Glass Projects fritted glass to manage heat gain and loss.Resource; Weidlinger Associates; Parsons Transportation “The highly visible location is a fitting place forGroup; Bike Station, Andrea White the [Bicycle] Transit Center as our attitudes towards transportation have evolved in a more sustainable way,”Like a supersonic locomotive from the future that has KGP says. “Over time, the Center will be a catalyst tosuddenly materialized in the heart of Washington, KGP stimulate bicycle use and alternative transportationDesign Studio’s Bicycle Transit Center (BTC) at Union means as an extension to the existing transit modesStation provides a small but potent shock of the new in the at Union Station.”midst of Capitol Hill’s staid, predominantly neoclassicalarchitectural environment. Nestled between Daniel The BTC was previously covered in the Spring 2010 issue ofBurnham’s Union Station (1908) and the Postal Square ARCHITECTUREDC.

40 INFRASTRUCTURE The Bicycle Transit Center, with Union Station at left and the Capitol dome in the distance at right. Merit Award in Architecture

In the spirit of precisionist artist Charles Sheeler, whose

Photo by Donald Paine, KGP Design Studio, LLC early 20th-century images depicted power plants as objects of stark, muscular beauty, SmithGroup’s expansion of the West Refrigeration Plant at the Capitol Power Plant, a few blocks south of the Capitol building, provides a new example of how strength and beauty can go hand in hand while also improving the urban design aspects of a large and potentially ungainly building type. The project posed significant challenges, including rail tracks that obstructed development and presented an unfriendly face to the community, an existing building that was out of scale with surrounding buildings, and noise generated by existing equipment in the plant. SmithGroup’s design solution entailed the removal of part of an existing administration building to create a more residential scale on E Street and open up views of the facility’s historic brick boiler plant; the installation of a system of screen-like walls on the power plant’s west side, facing South Capitol Street; and the provision of green space at the base of the screen-wall system and tree-lined pedestrian paths along the adjoining street. The screen-wall system, measuring about 120 feet high and 315 feet long, breaks down the apparent scale of the structure while adding visual texture. “The articulation is more solid at the base and progressively more open and transparent as it rises up the façade,” according to SmithGroup. “Rain water scuppers [that punctuate the concrete base] provide additional scale and shadows that move with the sun.” Acoustical louvers in the upper portion of the screen wall attenuate noise leakage into the surrounding neighborhood. “This is not a typical power plant—[it] sits in the middle of the nation’s capital [and] can’t be hidden out of convenience,” SmithGroup says. As such, “this was an opportunity to investigate how cities can treat their infrastructure, [and] how infrastructure can play a multitude of roles.”

Capitol Power Plant extension,

“The current location of the Supreme Court building made sense at a time when a lot of people traveled to DCviolates the logical connection between the Constitution by train, but it didn’t give the court’s home a geographicof the United States and the symbolism that should be prominence equal to that of the buildings housing theembodied in the plan of Washington, DC.” So begins other two government branches. “Given the scale andarchitect Milton Shinberg, AIA, of the Bethesda-based design [of Capitol Hill buildings], you’d think the Libraryarchitectural firm Shinberg.Levinas Architectural of Congress was a bigger branch of government,”Design, in his think-piece on the current location of the notes Shinberg.Supreme Court. The court’s iconic neo-Roman temple To a great extent, the plan of the District, as laid out inbuilding, constructed in 1935, was built on Capitol Hill, 1791 by Pierre L’Enfant and resurrected and reinterpretedacross the street from the Capitol itself, in part so that by the McMillan Commission in 1901, expresses theout-of-town lawyers arguing cases before the court organization of the government in physical form. Thecould get there easily from nearby Union Station. That executive and legislative branches have locations in

42 RETHINKING DC All drawings by Milton Shinberg, AIAseparate parts of the city that are linked by Pennsylvania The L’Enfant Plan, he says, provides the geometry to solveAvenue, one of the city’s most prominent diagonal the problem in a way that is satisfying in terms of equality,thoroughfares. The plan’s diagonals were carefully geometric consistency, and symbolism: Shinberg proposesdesigned to create monumental vistas, including the that the Mall axis be extended westward, across theone connecting the Capitol and the White House. That Potomac, and that the court placed on axis with thevisual link, however, was soon interrupted at the White Capitol on the other side of the river (but still within DCHouse end by the construction of the Treasury limits). Such a location, he believes, would help insulateDepartment building. the court from the hurly burly of daily government Yet the co-equal third branch of government was left and thereby help promote thoughtful, contemplativeout of L’Enfant’s scheme. Shinberg’s idea is to give the consideration of the important legal issues its addresses.court a separate location of equal stature, and overcome Locating the court across the river would also, he says,the disruption of the Capitol-White House visual link make the river more a part of the city’s plan.by creating a more important vista to all three branches Under Shinberg’s idea, the Washington Monumentof government from a location in the center of the Mall. grounds would become the true center point of the

RETHINKING DC 43city’s plan, turning the grounds, he says, into “a peopleplace” where all three branches could be seen, and acentral point where first amendment rights could beexpressed. Shinberg’s proposal accounts for the slightlyoff-center location of the Washington Monument bymaking it one point of a five-pointed star, with threeother points focused on the three branches of governmentand the final point focused on the Tidal Basin—anotherpart of the Monumental Core that could use a betterconnection to the Mall. Why is it important now to think about provide anew location for the Supreme Court? “Because the lawmatters,” says Shinberg. “We’d be adrift (as a country)without the Supreme Court as a nexus, maintaining thepower of the Contstitution,” he adds. “Somebodymade a small plan,” says Shinberg, quoting DanielBurnham’s famous line, Make no small plans; they haveno magic to stir men’s blood, “and we need to correct it.”

Rethinking DC is to be an occasional section in the magazine

Guests at the 2010 awards luncheon. All photos by Kelsey Cardwell

Each year, AIA|DC and the Washington Architectural a local civic leader, Parris N.Foundation recognize individuals and firms that have Glendening, Hon. AIA,made exceptional contributions to the community and the was so honored, and wasarchitectural profession. Below are this year’s honorees. recognized at the awards ceremony of AIA|DC andFirm of the Year: Honoring a Firm’s the WashingtonCommunity Service Architectural Foundation.The Firm of the Year for 2010 is AECOM. One of the Glendening, former gover-largest architecture firms in the world, with offices in nor of Maryland, is thenumerous cities and countries, AECOM has nonetheless founder and president ofmaintained strong commitments to the local communities the Smart Growth Parris Glendening is recognized byin which it operates. In the Washington area, AECOM has Chapter President Steven L. Leadership Institute, a Spurlock, AIA, LEED AP. nationwide coalition ofbeen a reliable participant in the annual CANstructioncompetition, in which architects build inventive structures nearly 100 organizations. He has become a prominentout of canned goods that are then donated to the Capital spokesman and advisor to political leaders regarding theArea Food Bank. Over the years, AECOM has won 10 dangers of suburban sprawl and its impact on our healthawards in this competition and is responsible for donating and prosperity.more than 36,000 meals to those who are hungry. Inaddition, AECOM employees have volunteered for the Chapter FellowsArchitecture in the Schools program, helping to teachthird graders at Wilkinson Elementary School about the Advancement to the AIA College of Fellows is grantedNational Mall and inspiring the students to re-imagine for significant achievement in design, preservation, edu-this core element of the capital. cation, literature, and service. This year, five AIA|DC members were elevated to the College of Fellows:

46 RECOGNIZING SERVICEEmerging and who have improved the quality of life inArchitect Award Washington, DC. This year’s award went to Doug Fruehling, editor of the Washington Business Journal.The Emerging Architect Since joining the publication as a staff reporter in 1996,Award recognizes individu- Fruehling has demonstrated a continuing interest inals who have shown excep- architecture and its impact on our community. He foundedtional leadership and made OnSite magazine, a quarterly insert that frequentlysignificant contributions to addresses topics related to architecture, planning, andthe profession at an early design. Under his leadership as editor, the newspaperstage in their careers. This overall has continued and strengthened its coverage ofyear’s award went to Kevin design issues.Moran, Assoc. AIA, of Kevin Moran, Assoc. AIA,Bowie Gridley Architects, a receives his award.

perennial volunteer with the Architecture in the Schools

Centennial Medalprogram. A teacher at the Oyster Elementary School saidof Moran, “With a sense of humor, superb planning, and The Centennial Awardcomplete enjoyment of his profession, Kevin helped my was established in 1988 tostudents and me to cover the classroom teacher's mission mark the chapter’s 100thof implementing mandatory standards of learning. He anniversary. It is theconsistently fulfills his promise to accomplish projects far highest award the organi-beyond our dreams.” zation may bestow on an individual member. The 21st recipient of the medal “Wieb” Award was C.R. George Dove, for Architecture FAIA, managing principal C.R. George Dove, FAIA, speaks in the Public Interest of WDG Architecture, after receiving the Centennial Medal.

Named in honor of John whose contributions to the profession and the community Wiebenson, a passionate are numerous. He is a former president of the chapter advocate for design that and a national AIA board member, and was one of the makes a difference, the founding members and former president of the “Wieb” Award celebrates Washington Architectural Foundation. He currently architects who make careers serves as chairman of development for the Catholic out of doing good. This University of America School of Architecture. What year’s winner, Steven L. impressed the award jury most, however, was Dove’sSteven Spurlock, AIA, LEED AP,accepts his award for service. Spurlock, AIA, LEED AP, continuing commitment to the future of AIA|DC, inof Wnuk Spurlock Architecture, was recognized for the particular his active and valuable role in planning andsignificant pro bono design work he has done over the fund raising for the new District Architecture Center.years, including a residence for HIV-positive children, theSpinoza Practice Club Module for musical performance, Special Award to theand a teaching facility for the Washington Conservatory of US Commission of Fine ArtsMusic. Spurlock has also served the community throughmembership n the Montgomery County Preservation In recognition of the 100th anniversary of the establishmentCommission, the Maryland Association of Historic of the US Commission of Fine Arts, which is charged withDistrict Commissions, Montgomery Preservation, and protecting the architectural and urban design integrity ofthe National Maritime Heritage Foundation. key areas in Washington, DC, among other duties, the chapter presented a special award to the commission,Glenn Brown Award which was accepted by Secretary Tom Luebke.

The Glenn Brown Award is

named for a founder of theAIA|DC chapter who alsoserved as chief executive ofthe national AIA. It is ajoint award of the chapterand the foundation, honoringthose who have raised public Doug Fruehling poses with Steven Spurlock andawareness of architecture Tom Luebke, AIA, president of the Washington Architectural Foundation.and its benefits to society,

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